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HCI 120 - Chap 6
Chapter 6
Term | Definition |
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ANTER(O) | ANTERIOR - nearer to or toward the front |
POSTER(O) | POSTERIOR - nearer to or toward the back |
VENTR(O) | VENTRAL - belly side |
DORS(O) | DORSAL - directed toward or situated on the back side |
MEDI(O) | MEDIAL, MEDIAN - middle or nearer the middle |
LATER(O) | LATERAL - farther from the midline of the body or from a structure |
SUPER(O) | SUPERIOR - uppermost or above |
INFER(O) | INFERIOR - lowermost or below |
PROXIM(O) | PROXIMAL - nearer the origin or point of attachment |
DIST(O), TEL(E) | DISTAL - far or distant from the origin or point of attachment |
CAUD(O) | CAUDAD OR CAUDAL - in an inferior position |
CEPHAL(O) | CEPHALAD - toward the head |
ABDOMIN(O) | ABDOMEN |
ACR(O) | EXTREMITIES (arms and legs) |
AXILL(O) | ARMPIT |
CEPHAL(O) | HEAD |
CRANI(O) | CRANIUM (skull) |
DACTYL(O) | FINGER or TOE |
ENCEPHAL(O) | BRAIN |
HERNI(O) | HERNIA |
OMPHAL(O), UMBILIC(O) | UMBILICUS (navel) |
PELV(I) | PELVIS |
PERITON(O) | PERITONEUM |
POD(O) | FOOT |
SOM(A), SOMAT(O) | BODY |
SPIN(O) | SPINE |
THORAC(O), STETH(O) | THORAX (chest) |
VISCER(O) | VISCERA (large abdominal organs) |